Agrilus ater

Agrilus ater (Linné, 1767)

Figs 1 A–1C, 15B

Examined specimens. AUSTRIA. Marchegg; 48°14'33"N, 016°56'46"E; 6-2011; alt. 138 m; 1 (EJCB). BULGARIA. Blagoevgrad. Chotovo [= Hotovo]; 41°29'57"N, 023°20'12"E; 6-1989; 1 ♀ (EJCB) // Sandanski, Bistrica brook; 41°33'N, 23°17'E; 6-1982; 3 (EJCB). CZECH REPUBLIC. Jistebník; 49°45'13"N, 018°07'50"E; 2013; Larval host: Salix; 1 (EJCB) // Praha; 50°04'25"N, 014°26'22"E; 6-1976; 1 (EJCB) // Strachotín; 48°54'20"N, 016°39'16"E; 1987; 1 (EJCB). FRANCE. Ardeche; 44°44'45"N, 004°26'10"E; 6-1990; 1 (EJCB). SLOVAKIA. Bratislava—Čunovo; 48°02'13"N, 017°12'07"E; 6-2004; 1 (EJCB) // Bratislava—Petržalka; 48°07'07"N, 017°06'26"E; 6-1987; 15 (EJCB); 6-1988; 1 (EJCB) // Kamenica nad Hronom; 47°49'59"N, 018°43'22"E; 7-1963; 1 (EJCB) // Nové Mesto nad Váhom; 48°45'47"N, 017°49'38"E; 5-1967; 1 (EJCB) // Štúrovo; 47°47'50"N, 018°43'03"E; 6-1959; 2 (EJCB).

Host plant cited. Larval: Salix.

Distribution (Fig. 15B). ASIA: GEORGIA; KAZAKHSTAN: Kostanay, North Kazakhstan, West Kazakhstan; TURKEY: Ankara, Bilecik, Bolu, Çankiri, Erzincan, Eskisehir, Kocaeli, Sakarya, Zonguldak. EUROPE: ALBANIA; AUSTRIA; BELARUS; BELGIUM; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; BULGARIA; CROATIA; CZECH REPUBLIC; ESTONIA; FINLAND: Southern Finland, Western Finland; FRANCE, Corse; GERMANY; GREECE: Central Greece, Central Macedonia, East Macedonia and Thrace, Epirus, Peloponnese, Thessaly, West Macedonia, Western Greece; HUNGARY; ITALY; LATVIA; LITHUANIA; MACEDONIA; MOLDOVA; MONTENEGRO; NETHERLANDS; POLAND; ROMANIA; RUSSIA: Adygeya, Belgorod, Kalmykiya, Karachayevo-Cherkesiya, Karelia, Krasnodar, Moskva, Orenburg, Rostov, Samara, Saratov, Udmurt, Ulyanovsk, Vladimir, Voronezh, Yaroslavl; SERBIA; SLOVAKIA; SLOVENIA; SPAIN: Aragón, Cataluna, Madrid; SWITZERLAND; TURKEY: Edirne, Kirklareli; UKRAINE.

Biological remarks. In Slovakia, Agrilus ater (Figs 1 A–1C) is together with A. suvorovi a serious pest of Populus. Both species are frequently found in urban areas on planted trees. The biology of both species is very similar but A. ater, unlike A. suvorovi, develops in parts with very thick bark (trunk, large diameter branches) because the pupal camber is located in the bark (Fig. 1C).